Non-Markovian large amplitude motion and nuclear fission

TL;DR

This paper investigates the complex dissipation mechanisms in large-amplitude nuclear motion, deriving coupled dynamical equations to understand energy diffusion and applying the model to nuclear fission.

Contribution

It introduces a coupled dynamical framework combining classical and quantum descriptions for nuclear collective motion and dissipation, specifically addressing non-Markovian effects.

Findings

Different dynamical regimes influence dissipation timescales

The model explains energy diffusion in nuclear fission

Application to fission barrier descent demonstrates model validity

Abstract

The general problem of dissipation in macroscopic large-amplitude collective motion and its relation to energy diffusion of intrinsic degrees of freedom of a nucleus is studied. By applying the cranking approach to the nuclear many body system, a set of coupled dynamical equations for the collective classical variables and the quantum mechanical occupancies of the intrinsic nuclear states is derived. Different dynamical regimes of the intrinsic nuclear motion and its consequences on time properties of collective dissipation are discussed. The approach is applied to the descant of the nucleus from the fission barrier.